Rose Hilton
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Rose Hilton née Phipps, is a painter associated with the St. Ives School. Born in Kent, in 1931, she attended the Royal College of Art
in London, winning the Life Drawing and Painting prize as well as the Abbey Minor Scholarship to Rome .
Upon her return to London, she began teaching art, and, in the late 1950s met her future husband, the leading abstract artist Roger Hilton
. Roger actively discouraged his wife’s artistic endeavours, but following his death in 1975 she took up her brushes again. In 1977 she had her first solo show at Newlyn Art Gallery
, and her post-impressionist, figurative paintings have achieved wide popularity.
In 2008 a retrospective of Rose Hilton's work was held at Tate St Ives
.
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
in London, winning the Life Drawing and Painting prize as well as the Abbey Minor Scholarship to Rome .
Upon her return to London, she began teaching art, and, in the late 1950s met her future husband, the leading abstract artist Roger Hilton
Roger Hilton
Roger Hilton CBE was a pioneer of abstract art in post-war Britain. He was born in 1911 in Northwood, London and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London under Henry Tonks and also in Paris, where he developed links with painters on the Continent.In World War II he served in the Army, part...
. Roger actively discouraged his wife’s artistic endeavours, but following his death in 1975 she took up her brushes again. In 1977 she had her first solo show at Newlyn Art Gallery
Newlyn Art Gallery
Newlyn Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery located in Newlyn, Cornwall, UK. Opened in 1895, designed by James Hicks of Redruth and financed by John Passmore Edwards the gallery was conceived as a home and exhibition venue for the Newlyn School of Art the works of which are now largely located...
, and her post-impressionist, figurative paintings have achieved wide popularity.
In 2008 a retrospective of Rose Hilton's work was held at Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists, including work of the St Ives School. The three storey building, designed by architects Evans and Shalev, lies on the site of an old gas works, overlooking Porthmeor Beach. It was opened in...
.
Further reading
- Lambirth, Andrew, Rose Hilton: Something to Keep the Balance (Farnham, Lund Humphries, 978-1-84822-008-9, 2009).
- DVD to accompany exhibition: "The music of colour - the art of Rose Hilton" at the North Light Gallery, Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, UK, 22 March to 22 June 2002. Running time 38 minutes. Published by Yorkshire VideoArts, Holmfirth. Art critic Lynne Green walks round the exhibition with Rose Hilton, asking pertinent questions and receiving frank replies.
External links
- Picture of Rose Hilton in her Penzance Studio in Tate etc magazine Issue 12 / Spring 2008 with links to two related articles.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/mar/19/rose-hilton-painter-messums-gallery?INTCMP=SRCH"Rose Hilton: Look who's painting now - Rose Hilton's strict Christian parents weren't keen on her becoming an artist. But the person who actually stopped her painting was her husband – a prominent artist himself. Now nearly 80, she has finally answered her calling" Fiona Clampin in The Guardian, Saturday 19 March 2011]
- Rose Hilton Official website (managed by Messums)
- Interview by Fiona Clampin broadcast on BBC Radio 4 5/04/2011 (Sound recording).
- "The beauty of ordinary things" a pack for teachers with information and practical ideas for groups, produced by the Tate Gallery St Ives, accompanying the 2008 retrospective, written by Angie MacDonald